A Short History of Machine ToolsTraces the development of machine tools and workshop techniques and highlights the contributions of various toolmakers. |
Contents
Industrial Machine Tools of the Eighteenth Century | 40 |
The First Machine Shops | 67 |
Henry MaudslayMetal Cutting becomes an Art | 83 |
Copyright | |
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